Dan Gardner is available to finally make his Oldham debut en they face unbeaten Wigan.

The midfielder was Latics’ first signing of the summer but was sent off in the final game of last season for Chesterfield so has been banned for the first three fixtures of this campaign.

He is likely to be one of several changes for a side that have lost their opening three contests, with Belgian winger Gyamfi Kyeremeh also waiting on a debut having been an unused substitute at Walsall.

Neither Paul Green nor Ryan Flynn (both Achilles) were involved in the Midlands and both are doubtful again.

The on-loan Leicester left-back earned his ban en dismissed at MK Dons, though boss Paul Cook insisted the performance of Reece James against Bury last weekend meant Elder would not have featured even if free from suspension.

James made his first league start in 19 months against the Shakers following foot and ankle issues.

As ever, the fitness of Nick Powell (hamstring) will be assessed, Shaun MacDonald (leg break) and Craig Morgan (hip) will miss out and the transfer-listed Max Power remains omitted, with Wigan hopeful he will follow Omar Bogle, signed by Cardiff on Thursday, out of the door.

Barcelona and Real Madrid have expressed their sadness at the terror attack in the Catalan capital in ich up to 13 people are feared to have died and dozens more been injured.

A van ploughed into pedestrians in the busy tourist area of Las Ramblas on Thursday.

Barcelona said on Twitter: ” Deeply saddened by the attack on our city. All our thoughts are with the victims, their families and with the people of Barcelona.”

Their LaLiga rivals Madrid said in a statement on their official website: ” Real Madrid show their deepest dismay at the attack in the city of Barcelona and express their solidarity with the victims and their families and friends and at the same time wish the injured a speedy recovery.”

Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo, o was sent off in Monday’s Supercopa first leg at the Nou Camp, added on Twitter: “Dismayed at the news coming from Barcelona. All the support and solidarity with the family and friends of the victims.”

Ronaldinho won two league titles and the Champions League during a glittering five-year spell at the Nou Camp, during ich he also won the Ballon d’Or.

The Brazilian tweeted: “Too sad to see the news coming from #Barcelona. My support and solidarity for the victims and families.”

Former England striker Gary Lineker played for Barcelona for three seasons from 1986-89.

He tweeted: “Deeply saddened to hear about the attack in the wonderful city of Barcelona. at purpose this barbarity serves is beyond comprehension.”

Manchester City, managed by former Barcelona midfielder and manager Pep Guardiola, said: “All at MCFC are saddened to hear of the attack in the City of Barcelona. Our thoughts are with all affected and the emergency services.”

Spain’s 15-time grand slam champion Rafael Nadal, ose uncle Miguel Angel Nadal played for Barca from 1991-99, said: “Shattered by at has happened in Barcelona! All my support for the families affected and the city.”

Espanyol, the city of Barcelona’s other top-flight team, tweeted: “The most beautiful city in the world, our city. We suffer with you and with all the people of Barcelona. Strength and encouragement, Barcelona!”

Atletico Madrid added: ” Shocked by the terrible news coming from Barcelona; All our support for the victims and their families.”

Serie A giants AC Milan tweeted: “Everyone at #ACMilan deeply regrets the attack in Barcelona. Our deepest condolences to all those affected.”

Former Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand said: ” Shocking to see the news in Barcelona. My thoughts are with the victims & their families!”

Watford head coach Marco Silva is still looking to do plenty of business in the coming weeks even though he believes the transfer window should be closed before the season starts.

The 40-year-old enjoyed a memorable start to his Vicarage Road reign as his side scored a dramatic late equaliser to draw 3-3 with Liverpool on the opening weekend of the campaign.

The Hornets have been one of the busiest top-flight clubs so far this summer, signing eight new faces and moving on seven either on loan or permanently.

Premier League clubs are reportedly pushing for the transfer window to be shut before the start of the season.

Shortening the window would been seen as a way of removing a lot of uncertainty over the futures of players as speculation over the likes of Ross Barkley, Philippe Coutinho, Virgil van Dijk and Alexis Sanchez rumbles on despite the new campaign being under way.

Silva, as well as a number of his Premier League counterparts, is keen to see the window close before a ball is kicked.

“For me the best solution is to finish everything before the season starts,” he said.

“It’s really important because after we start the season. It’s not the best scenario, I’d look to stop before the season.”

ile the former Hull boss is keen to see the rules altered, he is fully prepared to work on transfers, both into and out of the club, right up until the current deadline of August 31.

“The owner knows at we want, at we believe is the best solution for the squad, we expect to finalise some of them before August 31,” he said.

“This is at I expect. Our board will work hard to sign the players we want.”

Pushed on if any players would be sold, Silva added: “Yes, depending on at we will do until the end of the market and of course I will start to take my decisions in the next week.

“Of course we have worked close to the 25-26 players. I will need to take my decision.”

Silva started with club-record signing Andre Gray on the bench for the draw with Liverpool as the ex-Burnley forward had trained just twice with his new team-mates before the game.

Most of Silva’s squad are in a position ere they must adjust to at a new manager asks of them, a familiar situation at Watford o have now had six managers in the last three years – another scenario Silva admits is unhelpful.

“For me I know at I want for my teams,” he added.

“If you ask me at the better solution is, if you work one, two years you start to do everything new and then do the same again next year it is not the best way.

“I know at is important is this moment is to look forward and try and do good things and make sure the same situation does not happen again.”

Silva takes his side to Bournemouth on Saturday looking to build on the draw with Liverpool and with skipper Troy Deeney pushing to be involved having returned to training following groin surgery.

ile Deeney’s potential return is good news, Silva will be without Daryl Janmaat, Roberto Pereyra and Younes Kaboul – o all suffered muscular injuries during the Liverpool game.

Tottenham’s Harry Kane has joined England internationals Lucy Bronze and Jodie Taylor in being shortlisted for The Best FIFA Football Awards.

The second edition of the latest incarnation of FIFA’s annual awards will be held on October 23 in London, recognising top performers from the 2016-17 season.

Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi’s duopoly of the main men’s award looks set to continue, with Spurs striker Kane the only British representative on the 24-strong group vying for The Best FIFA Men’s Player crown.

Alexis Sanchez, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, N’Golo Kante and Eden Hazard are the others recognised for their Premier League exploits, ile England internationals Bronze and Taylor are up for the women’s award.

Holland forward Vivianne Miedema is also a contender for The Best FIFA Women’s Player , ile Carli Lloyd, o spent part of last season on loan at Manchester City, is another among the 10 shortlisted.

A frustrating first campaign in the Premier League has not stopped Pep Guardiola being shortlisted for The Best FIFA Men’s Coach award.

The Manchester City boss is joined by Tottenham head coach Mauricio Pochettino, Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho and Chelsea’s Antonio Conte in an expanded 12-candidates list.

Chelsea also boast a candidate for The Best FIFA Women’s Coach award as Emma Hayes’ work in the Women’s Super League has been recognised.

The shortlists were decided by two panels of at FIFA call “renowned experts from across the six confederations”.

The men’s awards recognised achievements from November 20, 2016 to July 2, 2017, with the women’s awards taking into account the period up until August 6, 2017.

National team captains, national team head coaches and members of the international media each make up 25 per cent of the vote for the award, with a public fan ballot making up the remaining quarter.

Paris St Germain midfielder Blaise Matuidi is undergoing the second part of his medical as he nears a reported 22 million euro move to Juventus.

The 30-year-old France international arrived in Turin for the first set of tests on Wednesday afternoon, with Juve fans meeting him as he left the medical centre.

Further tweets on Thursday said Matuidi – a runner-up with France at Euro 2016 – was back at the Allianz Stadium. He is expected to sign a three-year contract.

The Italian media has been thus far sceptical about Juve’s work in the transfer window, with the additions of Mattia De Sciglio, Federico Bernardeschi and Wojciech Szczesny failing to inspire supporters of the Serie A champions.

Juve boss Massimiliano Allegri has also recruited Brazilian winger Douglas Costa on a season-long loan from Bayern Munich and Matuidi, with almost 300 appearances for PSG behind him, would represent another shrewd capture.

Spurs are resisting attempts from Chelsea to prise Danny Rose away and are prepared to double his salary to keep hold of him. Manchester United now appear to have lost interest.

Still at United, the club are set to offer Zlatan Ibrahimovic a coaching role as part of their move to re-sign the 35-year-old striker.

Barcelona have reportedly offered Liverpool £118m for Philippe Coutinho. Jurgen Klopp is determined to hold onto the 25-year-old Brazilian midfielder, but the club’s owners may well be tempted by this latest offer.

Man City have allegedly made a £60m bid for Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez, with Real Madrid also interested in the 28-year-old Chilean forward.

Barcelona have suffered a blow on the eve of the new LaLiga season after Luis Suarez was ruled out for a month with a knee injury.

The former Liverpool striker was hurt during the second leg of the Supercopa de Espana against Real Madrid, ich the capital club won 2-0 at the Bernabeu to clinch a 5-1 aggregate victory.

Suarez will definitely miss Barca’s league opener against Real Betis and further fixtures against Alaves and Espanyol, with the trip to Getafe on September 17 representing a potential opportunity to return to action.

With the 30-year-old on the sidelines Barca’s former ‘MSN’ frontline contains only Lionel Messi as Neymar recently made a world-record move to Paris St Germain.

A statement published on Barca’s website on Thursday afternoon said medical tests on Suarez had revealed damage to the back of his right knee.

Defender Gerard Pique, meanile, has injured an adductor muscle and could also miss Sunday’s meeting with Betis.

Reinforcements may be on their way, though, with Barca general manager Pep Segura on Wednesday claiming the signings of Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele, from Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund respectively, are “close”.

Sean Dyche does not fear being priced out of deals as he looks to add to his Burnley squad before the end of the transfer window.

Having so far been rebuffed in attempts to sign Hull midfielder Sam Clucas and, reportedly, Leeds striker Chris Wood, the Clarets must consider ether to increase their bids in a market ere fees continue to rise.

There is money in the Turf Moor pot after the sales of Michael Keane and Andre Gray for a combined figure of nearly £50million, but Burnley’s more modest budget compared to some of their top-flight rivals means they cannot simply throw cash at clubs for replacements.

However, en asked if Burnley were being priced out of the current market, Dyche replied: “Not necessarily. Certain situations are beyond our capabilities, we know that, so we tend to focus on the ones that are within our capabilities and see if we can get them done.

“There’s a structure at the club that although it’s hard to manage sometimes, it’s probably appropriate for this club, for the bigger picture of the future. We work in a market that we think is something we can do rather than worrying about the things we can’t do.

“As long as it’s in at the chairman (Mike Garlick), the board and myself agree is appropriate for this club then there’s no problem. Obviously some things go way beyond that, and for different clubs it’s for different reasons.

“It’s very difficult at times to find a healthy balance. It must be found so we continue to search to do that.

“Usually I know the market we’re in and I definitely know the market we’re not in, both in fees but definitely in wages. Usually we (Dyche and Garlick) are aligned. We try and get the best players possible for at we are. It’s how we work with them en we get them into the camp – are they open minded, do they want to continue improving as individuals?

“As much background as we can get on people is important for me. That’s a key focus.”

Although Burnley are yet to recruit a centre-back in this window to replace Keane and have made no signings since Gray’s exit last week, they responded to fears over their squad’s strength by beating champions Chelsea 3-2 at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

James Tarkowski has long been seen as the heir apparent to Keane and Sam Vokes’ brace, ich took his tally to seven in his past six, showed that maybe the Clarets do possess the requisite fire-power in Gray’s absence.

And Dyche is confident in the depth he currently has at his disposal, even if the group is not supplemented with additions this month.

“I’ve got a squad here o I believe in,” he added.

“If we can get competition by adding players we will. If not, we’ll be looking at at’s here.

“I said w ith Andre going that’s a great opportunity for someone else and then Vokesy scores two, he was our top scorer in the league last year.

“Ideally we want to keep supporting the group and keep growing, if that doesn’t happen we’ll continue to work as we have done in the past with the players we’ve got and continue doing everything we can to develop them as individuals and as a team.”